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Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication by Martin Salisbury
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America by Eddie S. Glaude
Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch
The Meaning of Swarthmore by Robert Youman (Ed.)
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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Tagsread (334), fiction (306), nonfiction (183), unread (172), children's literature (131), science fiction (83), short story collection (44), illustrations! (43), humor (40) — see all tags
GroupsChildren's Literature, Education, Feminist SF, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Philadelphians, Science Fiction Fans, Swatties on LibraryThing
Favorite authorsEdward Albee, Lisa Delpit, Annie Dillard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Alfie Kohn, James Morrow, Michael Ondaatje, Bill Peet, Philip Pullman, K. Ann Renninger, Kim Stanley Robinson, Maurice Sendak (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresIndian Path Books, The Bookworm
Favorite librariesSpring City Library
About me Junior at Swarthmore College, honors majoring in Educational Studies & Linguistics.
About my library It's a small collection compared to some, but I'm only a youngling. Booklust is a big problem for me, and at this stage in my life, I tend to acquire books much much faster than I can read them.
I love my books, and I really love my tags. Silly tags abound, but I promise there's usually a system.
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I see you just finished a Howard Thurman book. I just finished completing his author page on LibraryThing.com. What did you think of the book? How did you hear about him? I wish I had more of his work, but only have a few books, one a biography.
Nanci
posted by Book2Dragon at 7:34 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2008
I haven't been to Wolfgang's recently but I like it a lot. It's a much different atmosphere than Indian Path or The Bookworm -- they focus more on classic and/or rare books. The staff is great. I tend to come away with more books on a run to Indian Path or The Bookworm, though. When did you volunteer at The Bookworm? We've probably run into each other at some point. I've been going there pretty regularly since discovering it a few years back during a vain search for a parking spot in the hospital parking lot.
posted by MidnightRain at 1:22 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2008
posted by NativeRoses at 9:35 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2007
Last but not least, I owe most of what I know about living math books to this site: http://livingmath.net/
I hope this helps!
Krystal
posted by littlecastlebythesea at 3:08 pm (EST) on Aug 9, 2007
librarything is the only social networking software i've enjoyed; it's always a kick hearing from fellow book lovers/readers ...
posted by lquilter at 10:09 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2007
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Books by Male Authors:
Raw #: 295
% of books by genderable authors**: 70%
Raw # read: 163
% read: 55%
% of all read books by genderable authors: 66%
Books by Female Authors:
Raw #: 125
% of books by genderable authors: 30%
Raw # read: 84
% read: 67%
% of all read books by genderable authors: 34%
Upon my mother's suggestion, I'll include this data as well:
Total number of unique male authors: 200
Average number of books by one male author: 1.475
Total number of unique female authors: 68
Average number of books by one female author: 1.838
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* apologies and hand-wringing over gender binarism
** excludes collections of work by multiple authors, multiple author reference works, etc.
posted by marklewis at 9:12 pm (EST) on Aug 3, 2007
Thanks for your comments. I started collecting Ursula Le Guin in the early 1980s so I was lucky that a lot was still in print then. When I was at University I used to check the old paper monthly "books in print" for Le Guin and Tolkien which helped me spot some of the more obscure things when they came out. With other items its just been keeping my eyes open for 36 years (and again in the old pre-internet days getting on the mailing lists of lots of book dealers).
Best wishes
Trevor
posted by Rivendell at 5:28 am (EST) on Mar 18, 2007
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